Outdoor Educational Programs for Teachers & Schools

WinterKids Programs for Teachers Schools Winter Is Fun

Move, Learn, Explore!

At WinterKids, we believe that snowy fields and frosty playgrounds make the best classrooms! WinterKids helps teachers to get their young students outside and active more often during the school day with training and enrichment educational materials, technical support and resources, supplies and incentives.

WinterKids Guide to Outdoor Active Learning (GOAL)

Our Guide to Outdoor Active Learning (GOAL) for Preschool and Elementary children is the cornerstone of our work in schools. WinterKids makes it easy for you to integrate fun, outdoor activity into your preschool or elementary lesson plans—all while meeting education standards. Use the WinterKids GOAL on its own OR join the WinterKids Challenge!

WinterKids offers Maine & New Hampshire editions of the GOAL with alignments to state and national education standards.

“I think the WinterKids Guide to Outdoor Active Learning binder is great!! There are so many things that can be done to help get kids moving, yet connect it back to many areas of education as well. ELC is an alternative school for students who just can't seem to work in a public school setting. We generally try to do activities that do get them outside and moving since the kids we work with tend to do better with hands on activities.”

Stephanie Tyler - Early Learning Center, New Hampshire

2018-11-12T19:49:10+00:00

Stephanie Tyler - Early Learning Center, New Hampshire

https://winterkids.org/testimonials/stephanie-tyler-early-learning-center-new-hampshire/

“Yesterday we collected some nature from our playground and made some ice catchers...the kids were so excited to see what they looked like this morning.”

Patti Henry - Day by Day Childcare, New Hampshire

2018-11-12T19:48:16+00:00

Patti Henry - Day by Day Childcare, New Hampshire

“Yesterday we collected some nature from our playground and made some ice catchers...the kids were so excited to see what they looked like this morning.”

https://winterkids.org/testimonials/patti-henry-day-by-day-childcare-new-hampshire/

"The WinterKids Guide to Outdoor Active Learning has brought so much to our school, not just in ways that keep the children physically active but also in ways to keep them engaged socially and emotionally. Many of the activities are geared to get the children working together and becoming a team, no winners, no losers...just kids having fun."

Penni Theriault: Owner of Lots of Tots Childcare Center, WinterKids Challenge Teacher

2018-10-10T16:07:31+00:00

Penni Theriault: Owner of Lots of Tots Childcare Center, WinterKids Challenge Teacher

https://winterkids.org/testimonials/penni-theriault/

“We loved our WinterKids materials. The kids had so much fun using the animal track tracker. We spent many afternoons looking for new animal prints.”

Toby Watt - Wee Care Daycare, New Hampshire

2018-11-12T19:47:33+00:00

Toby Watt - Wee Care Daycare, New Hampshire

“We loved our WinterKids materials. The kids had so much fun using the animal track tracker. We spent many afternoons looking for new animal prints.”

https://winterkids.org/testimonials/toby-watt-wee-care-daycare-new-hampshire/

“The kids were so excited to go outside and therefore were more engaged in the lesson. It was also a great way for me to get a quick check in on the where the kids were with these skills.”

Kate Moore - Brown Elementary, New Hampshire

2018-11-12T19:42:21+00:00

Kate Moore - Brown Elementary, New Hampshire

“The kids were so excited to go outside and therefore were more engaged in the lesson. It was also a great way for me to get a quick check in on the where the kids were with these skills.”

https://winterkids.org/testimonials/kate-moore-brown-elementary-new-hampshire/

The WinterKids Challenge – Kid-Centered & Teacher-Approved!

Classrooms enrolled in this challenge for pre-schoolers agree to complete outdoor, active lessons and activities from the GOAL during the winter season.

First-time teachers attend an in-person, regional training receiving toolkits and incentives. Returning teachers complete a webinar refresher and receive updated materials. The WinterKids Challenge allows pre-school children to receive more active academic opportunities in the winter and increases the concentration, learning capacity, physical activity and healthy behaviors of students. In 8 years of the WinterKids Challenge, over 31,000 kids and 2,459 teachers have increased their outdoor physical activity minutes by 2.4 million minutes using the WinterKids Guide to Outdoor Active Learning. Wow!

The WinterKids Challenge in Maine Schools won the Maine Public Health Association’s Public Health Program of Excellence Award in 2016. The award recognizes one effective, efficient, evidence-based, and creative public health program each year.

WinterKids Winter Games

This year, the WinterKids Winter Games will inspire 32 elementary schools*, 450 teachers, and 8000 students to go for the gold!

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"How do you combine a community, school, home, nutrition, exercise, team, kids,
parents, teachers, school spirit, awareness, and fun? Participate in WinterKids Winter
Games!! Seriously had no idea how amazing this would be and what our community
was capable of! The support and Camaraderie is incredible. What a positive experience
this has been for our kids and all the parents too!"

Christina Barber

2018-11-12T19:59:46+00:00

Christina Barber

"How do you combine a community, school, home, nutrition, exercise, team, kids, parents, teachers, school spirit, awareness, and fun? Participate in WinterKids Winter Games!! Seriously had no idea how amazing this would be and what our community was capable of! The support and Camaraderie is incredible. What a positive experience this has been for our kids and all the parents too!"

https://winterkids.org/testimonials/christina-barber/

“This was truly an inspiration to the kids, staff and families to embrace the winters here in Maine, more than they already have.”

C. Agreste - School Nurse, Dayton Consolidated School

2018-11-12T19:54:53+00:00

C. Agreste - School Nurse, Dayton Consolidated School

“This was truly an inspiration to the kids, staff and families to embrace the winters here in Maine, more than they already have.”

https://winterkids.org/testimonials/c-agreste-school-nurse-dayton-consolidated-school/

““Let's just say several parents told me their students were sleeping better at night and at school we've had much less behavior issues this week! Two very big positives for WinterKids Winter Games challenge week #2!!“

C. Ellis - Principal, Miles Lane Elementary

2018-11-12T19:56:31+00:00

C. Ellis - Principal, Miles Lane Elementary

https://winterkids.org/testimonials/c-ellis-principal-miles-lane-elementary/

"I am SO thankful for the impact this Winter Kids competition has on our kids. In this short time, the changes in attitudes, physical activity, even the helpfulness of students was very heart-warming."

School Nurse, Piscataquis Community Elementary School

2018-11-12T20:03:19+00:00

School Nurse, Piscataquis Community Elementary School

https://winterkids.org/testimonials/school-nurse-piscataquis-community-elementary-school/

"Because of this competition, my family is now rethinking our snack choices and making healthier ones, our kids and community have formed a wonderful bond coming together for one goal, and you managed to get a Mom, who hates winter and the cold, outside embracing the beauty of Maine having fun with her kids.

Dayton Consolidated School Mom

2018-11-12T20:00:48+00:00

Dayton Consolidated School Mom

https://winterkids.org/testimonials/dayton-consolidated-school-mom/

"It has been inspirational to watch our community unite around a common purpose of healthy, active kids.”

Sarah Maxwell - Assistant Principal, Waldo T. Skillen School

2018-11-12T19:57:43+00:00

Sarah Maxwell - Assistant Principal, Waldo T. Skillen School

"It has been inspirational to watch our community unite around a common purpose of healthy, active kids.”

https://winterkids.org/testimonials/sarah-maxwell-assistant-principal-waldo-t-skillen-school/